Study Dykstra & Liefbroer (1998): study NL 1992

Public

55-89 aged, The Netherlands, 1992

Sample

Respondents

N = 3729

Non Response

38,3

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

marital history/in second marriage

Our Classification

Distribution

1:    males 68,0%, females 44,1%
0a:  males  9,7%,  females   3,5%
0b:  males  4,2%, females   6,7%
0c:  males  2,3%,  females  4,2%
0d:  males   0,8%,  females   8,7%
0e:  males 11,8%,  females 27,6%
0f:   males   3,1%,  females  5,2%

Related specification variables

Operationalization

1: In first marriage (reference group)
0: Not in first marriage
   a: in second mariage
   b: single, never married
   c: single, divorced
   d: single, early widowed
      (males before age 70, females before age 65)
   e: single, late widowed
      (males after age 70, females after age 65)
   f: single, after more than one marriage

Observed Relation with Happiness